Per capita meat consumption by type, 2017

Per capita meat consumption is broken down by types of meat, and is measured in kilograms per person per year.

Country/area
Per capita consumption of other meat FAO
kilograms per year per capita 2017
Per capita consumption of sheep and goat meat FAO
kilograms per year per capita 2017
Per capita consumption of beef FAO
kilograms per year per capita 2017
Per capita consumption of pig meat FAO
kilograms per year per capita 2017
Per capita consumption of poultry meat FAO
kilograms per year per capita 2017
Afghanistan0.33 kg4.44 kg2.92 kg0.02 kg1.79 kg
Albania0.23 kg9.06 kg13.79 kg8.21 kg11.47 kg
Algeria0.36 kg7.85 kg5.00 kg0.00 kg6.86 kg
Angola0.33 kg0.80 kg4.71 kg8.22 kg10.50 kg
Antigua and Barbuda0.31 kg1.72 kg11.04 kg8.76 kg69.26 kg
Argentina1.02 kg1.26 kg51.36 kg13.60 kg44.30 kg
Armenia0.04 kg2.79 kg25.05 kg9.54 kg15.61 kg
Australia0.94 kg10.05 kg28.10 kg25.33 kg50.33 kg
Austria1.18 kg1.12 kg15.51 kg49.11 kg18.25 kg
Azerbaijan0.00 kg7.68 kg12.65 kg0.62 kg12.96 kg
Bahamas0.46 kg2.80 kg8.11 kg33.14 kg51.37 kg
Bahrain
Bangladesh0.11 kg1.41 kg1.21 kg0.00 kg1.59 kg
Barbados0.05 kg4.30 kg16.20 kg8.61 kg46.99 kg
Belarus0.24 kg0.10 kg16.87 kg32.93 kg27.89 kg
Belgium1.84 kg1.06 kg11.69 kg28.69 kg11.38 kg
Belize0.36 kg0.11 kg3.75 kg15.41 kg31.61 kg
Benin0.74 kg0.78 kg3.15 kg0.68 kg10.28 kg
Bermuda
Bhutan
Bolivia1.79 kg2.56 kg22.62 kg9.49 kg44.68 kg
Bosnia and Herzegovina0.17 kg0.40 kg12.20 kg10.41 kg18.32 kg
Botswana12.13 kg2.73 kg3.86 kg0.81 kg3.31 kg
Brazil0.42 kg0.61 kg37.62 kg13.86 kg48.37 kg
Brunei
Bulgaria0.80 kg1.38 kg3.69 kg29.23 kg22.13 kg
Burkina Faso0.44 kg2.07 kg5.28 kg2.03 kg2.09 kg
Burundi0.13 kg0.42 kg0.99 kg0.46 kg0.47 kg
Cambodia0.00 kg0.01 kg4.00 kg7.02 kg2.18 kg
Cameroon3.13 kg1.46 kg3.50 kg1.41 kg3.25 kg
Canada0.07 kg0.99 kg26.75 kg24.02 kg38.89 kg
Cape Verde0.25 kg2.09 kg3.23 kg12.44 kg25.66 kg
Central African Republic7.08 kg5.20 kg20.55 kg3.91 kg2.26 kg
Chad0.70 kg16.19 kg25.62 kg0.14 kg0.40 kg
Chile0.58 kg0.48 kg25.79 kg24.07 kg39.66 kg
China0.84 kg3.43 kg5.12 kg39.45 kg12.71 kg
Colombia0.11 kg0.20 kg15.20 kg9.52 kg34.06 kg
Comoros0.00 kg0.64 kg5.64 kg0.14 kg17.76 kg
Congo8.24 kg0.34 kg3.03 kg6.96 kg19.91 kg
Costa Rica0.00 kg0.01 kg12.28 kg12.43 kg26.70 kg
Cote d'Ivoire6.89 kg0.45 kg1.23 kg1.33 kg1.82 kg
Croatia1.66 kg1.48 kg13.04 kg50.75 kg11.05 kg
Cuba5.45 kg1.19 kg6.86 kg19.07 kg28.73 kg
Cyprus0.96 kg4.54 kg7.14 kg37.00 kg23.79 kg
Czechia4.39 kg0.32 kg9.87 kg44.43 kg22.23 kg
Czechoslovakia
Democratic Republic of Congo1.97 kg0.25 kg0.27 kg0.59 kg1.37 kg
Denmark1.29 kg0.90 kg23.63 kg25.66 kg25.22 kg
Djibouti0.61 kg4.49 kg6.26 kg0.13 kg2.64 kg
Dominica0.13 kg1.02 kg10.25 kg10.04 kg45.69 kg
Dominican Republic0.02 kg0.19 kg6.12 kg10.58 kg34.77 kg
East Timor17.02 kg0.35 kg1.88 kg10.69 kg10.41 kg
Ecuador0.60 kg0.30 kg13.07 kg15.42 kg20.30 kg
Egypt1.30 kg0.91 kg10.31 kg0.01 kg14.99 kg
El Salvador0.00 kg0.02 kg7.51 kg4.16 kg24.15 kg
Estonia0.13 kg0.46 kg7.45 kg34.45 kg21.03 kg
Eswatini0.26 kg1.99 kg17.63 kg2.46 kg6.65 kg
Ethiopia1.02 kg1.48 kg3.32 kg0.02 kg0.62 kg
Ethiopia (former)
Fiji0.04 kg6.63 kg4.59 kg4.62 kg36.80 kg
Finland1.49 kg0.56 kg18.84 kg36.19 kg19.00 kg
France2.46 kg2.92 kg22.99 kg32.92 kg25.54 kg
French Polynesia1.41 kg3.07 kg28.45 kg17.92 kg48.26 kg
Gabon14.10 kg0.64 kg7.03 kg8.58 kg37.11 kg
Gambia0.68 kg0.64 kg2.69 kg0.33 kg7.64 kg
Georgia0.14 kg0.56 kg6.91 kg10.15 kg17.71 kg
Germany2.05 kg0.82 kg14.87 kg44.42 kg17.96 kg
Ghana4.21 kg1.66 kg1.06 kg1.08 kg6.98 kg
Greece2.16 kg6.96 kg15.21 kg28.15 kg15.05 kg
Grenada1.68 kg1.17 kg4.94 kg15.65 kg44.48 kg
Guatemala0.17 kg0.14 kg11.75 kg4.50 kg20.08 kg
Guinea0.50 kg1.81 kg7.38 kg0.21 kg2.16 kg
Guinea-Bissau0.00 kg1.42 kg3.92 kg8.18 kg3.65 kg
Guyana0.04 kg1.11 kg3.09 kg4.22 kg40.58 kg
Haiti0.92 kg0.70 kg4.41 kg4.55 kg9.11 kg
Honduras0.06 kg0.03 kg6.79 kg5.49 kg21.25 kg
Hong Kong2.84 kg1.19 kg33.28 kg59.27 kg46.19 kg
Hungary1.05 kg0.14 kg5.49 kg49.54 kg25.15 kg
Iceland12.02 kg21.35 kg16.85 kg19.95 kg32.60 kg
India0.14 kg0.57 kg0.85 kg0.28 kg2.80 kg
Indonesia0.01 kg0.46 kg2.67 kg1.19 kg7.66 kg
Iran0.10 kg4.58 kg7.71 kg0.00 kg25.75 kg
Iraq0.16 kg1.47 kg2.90 kg0.19 kg14.83 kg
Ireland0.92 kg3.37 kg20.04 kg28.50 kg23.66 kg
Israel0.01 kg1.82 kg31.07 kg1.55 kg74.72 kg
Italy2.23 kg0.87 kg16.23 kg40.43 kg18.96 kg
Jamaica0.03 kg1.04 kg4.13 kg3.58 kg53.11 kg
Japan0.12 kg0.15 kg9.26 kg21.72 kg18.91 kg
Jordan0.08 kg4.56 kg6.60 kg0.01 kg24.17 kg
Kazakhstan5.53 kg8.98 kg23.25 kg7.33 kg17.68 kg
Kenya2.15 kg0.96 kg11.03 kg0.28 kg2.17 kg
Kiribati0.31 kg0.05 kg3.58 kg12.75 kg19.96 kg
Kuwait0.54 kg12.60 kg9.60 kg45.23 kg
Kyrgyzstan1.51 kg8.67 kg14.07 kg2.75 kg3.12 kg
Laos0.00 kg0.33 kg7.69 kg12.66 kg5.37 kg
Latvia0.66 kg0.37 kg5.59 kg41.71 kg20.96 kg
Lebanon0.01 kg1.30 kg13.19 kg1.18 kg22.82 kg
Lesotho3.20 kg0.67 kg4.01 kg4.74 kg6.23 kg
Liberia1.74 kg0.46 kg0.67 kg5.30 kg12.93 kg
Libya0.90 kg6.94 kg2.74 kg0.02 kg27.40 kg
Lithuania0.61 kg0.20 kg4.92 kg47.77 kg28.37 kg
Luxembourg1.76 kg1.33 kg26.53 kg36.17 kg18.80 kg
Macao1.62 kg0.68 kg15.38 kg66.94 kg32.95 kg
Madagascar0.31 kg0.52 kg1.60 kg0.96 kg3.14 kg
Malawi0.00 kg2.68 kg2.60 kg10.40 kg7.22 kg
Malaysia0.01 kg1.33 kg7.55 kg7.60 kg52.26 kg
Maldives0.19 kg1.58 kg8.59 kg1.03 kg15.71 kg
Mali2.65 kg7.91 kg9.22 kg0.14 kg2.76 kg
Malta3.69 kg1.27 kg19.96 kg30.93 kg23.70 kg
Marshall Islands
Mauritania6.49 kg12.92 kg7.14 kg5.23 kg
Mauritius0.76 kg4.08 kg6.55 kg2.84 kg37.25 kg
Mexico0.66 kg0.93 kg15.14 kg17.79 kg34.14 kg
Micronesia (country)
Moldova0.32 kg0.19 kg1.98 kg21.73 kg19.17 kg
Mongolia12.14 kg53.55 kg21.85 kg0.39 kg2.78 kg
Montenegro0.03 kg2.43 kg13.75 kg53.67 kg16.30 kg
Morocco1.86 kg5.09 kg7.19 kg0.02 kg20.59 kg
Mozambique0.02 kg0.07 kg0.70 kg4.72 kg4.13 kg
Myanmar0.00 kg1.78 kg8.55 kg16.96 kg32.02 kg
Namibia4.90 kg3.47 kg7.31 kg4.03 kg10.89 kg
Nauru
Nepal0.00 kg2.52 kg7.94 kg0.88 kg2.05 kg
Netherlands1.22 kg0.99 kg15.57 kg29.83 kg15.79 kg
Netherlands Antilles
New Caledonia0.02 kg1.84 kg22.74 kg16.73 kg36.11 kg
New Zealand2.45 kg12.34 kg21.20 kg25.54 kg25.51 kg
Nicaragua0.47 kg0.01 kg3.64 kg5.20 kg21.83 kg
Niger2.58 kg2.27 kg2.79 kg0.07 kg1.07 kg
Nigeria0.93 kg2.07 kg1.51 kg1.49 kg1.36 kg
North Korea5.94 kg0.58 kg0.82 kg5.04 kg1.66 kg
North Macedonia0.12 kg0.60 kg8.29 kg12.26 kg21.34 kg
Norway1.04 kg5.25 kg18.23 kg22.89 kg20.76 kg
Oman2.50 kg11.98 kg9.49 kg0.01 kg22.27 kg
Pakistan0.11 kg3.12 kg9.10 kg0.00 kg5.73 kg
Panama0.78 kg0.01 kg16.64 kg13.91 kg33.79 kg
Papua New Guinea45.17 kg1.55 kg0.88 kg9.87 kg3.34 kg
Paraguay0.12 kg0.39 kg27.61 kg7.55 kg10.23 kg
Peru1.23 kg0.85 kg4.40 kg4.59 kg38.19 kg
Philippines0.17 kg0.52 kg4.58 kg18.41 kg13.82 kg
Poland0.14 kg0.03 kg0.19 kg54.37 kg33.27 kg
Portugal1.41 kg2.33 kg19.89 kg38.72 kg30.48 kg
Qatar
Romania0.38 kg3.97 kg5.30 kg35.23 kg22.89 kg
Russia3.34 kg1.37 kg13.89 kg26.44 kg31.70 kg
Rwanda1.57 kg2.21 kg2.46 kg1.19 kg1.49 kg
Saint Kitts and Nevis4.32 kg2.04 kg16.04 kg20.52 kg57.95 kg
Saint Lucia0.01 kg2.73 kg7.46 kg23.45 kg62.46 kg
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines0.07 kg1.20 kg11.02 kg12.05 kg80.33 kg
Samoa0.27 kg4.62 kg12.81 kg17.58 kg73.01 kg
Sao Tome and Principe0.00 kg0.05 kg1.67 kg4.28 kg9.48 kg
Saudi Arabia1.49 kg5.31 kg6.23 kg40.91 kg
Senegal1.17 kg3.88 kg5.21 kg1.07 kg6.17 kg
Serbia0.01 kg4.47 kg8.41 kg45.64 kg12.77 kg
Serbia and Montenegro
Seychelles0.05 kg3.23 kg12.15 kg15.44 kg35.24 kg
Sierra Leone1.55 kg0.48 kg1.31 kg0.87 kg3.95 kg
Slovakia2.08 kg0.14 kg6.08 kg36.75 kg13.97 kg
Slovenia0.35 kg0.86 kg17.49 kg30.80 kg24.19 kg
Solomon Islands0.00 kg0.06 kg3.28 kg4.01 kg7.11 kg
Somalia3.14 kg5.37 kg3.82 kg0.02 kg0.41 kg
South Africa0.81 kg3.15 kg17.35 kg3.92 kg36.61 kg
South Korea0.18 kg0.36 kg17.20 kg37.76 kg18.81 kg
South Sudan
Spain1.60 kg2.06 kg11.47 kg53.31 kg30.33 kg
Sri Lanka0.00 kg0.09 kg1.10 kg0.05 kg8.62 kg
Sudan3.37 kg7.70 kg8.49 kg0.00 kg1.30 kg
Sudan (former)
Suriname0.19 kg0.04 kg5.10 kg7.12 kg31.70 kg
Sweden1.43 kg1.37 kg23.15 kg30.92 kg16.34 kg
Switzerland1.35 kg1.47 kg18.56 kg29.45 kg15.83 kg
Syria0.13 kg7.36 kg2.86 kg0.00 kg8.06 kg
Taiwan0.08 kg0.93 kg6.94 kg38.53 kg33.49 kg
Tajikistan0.22 kg7.43 kg18.43 kg0.39 kg4.15 kg
Tanzania0.45 kg1.13 kg6.97 kg0.29 kg1.22 kg
Thailand0.10 kg0.05 kg1.81 kg13.21 kg12.64 kg
Togo0.77 kg1.36 kg0.75 kg2.47 kg6.94 kg
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago0.06 kg2.49 kg2.76 kg8.09 kg58.10 kg
Tunisia0.82 kg5.46 kg5.49 kg0.00 kg16.71 kg
Turkey0.03 kg5.21 kg12.62 kg0.00 kg21.18 kg
Turkmenistan1.32 kg18.67 kg27.30 kg0.31 kg4.39 kg
Tuvalu
USSR
Uganda0.79 kg1.18 kg4.29 kg3.19 kg1.63 kg
Ukraine0.49 kg0.29 kg7.23 kg16.26 kg23.20 kg
United Arab Emirates2.57 kg5.21 kg8.89 kg26.84 kg
United Kingdom1.19 kg4.30 kg18.56 kg25.59 kg33.26 kg
United States0.79 kg0.50 kg36.30 kg26.23 kg54.60 kg
Uruguay0.93 kg0.92 kg31.69 kg18.13 kg9.37 kg
Uzbekistan0.23 kg5.26 kg28.29 kg1.11 kg2.12 kg
Vanuatu0.13 kg0.27 kg9.96 kg14.62 kg16.73 kg
Venezuela0.00 kg0.32 kg14.18 kg4.53 kg15.89 kg
Vietnam0.31 kg0.18 kg2.82 kg28.69 kg9.75 kg
Yemen0.08 kg3.54 kg1.93 kg0.00 kg7.63 kg
Yugoslavia
Zambia2.29 kg0.62 kg11.51 kg1.68 kg3.46 kg
Zimbabwe2.58 kg1.80 kg41.24 kg0.74 kg5.07 kg
Other
Africa1.56 kg2.40 kg5.77 kg1.39 kg6.21 kg
Africa (FAO)1.59 kg2.44 kg5.87 kg1.40 kg6.31 kg
Americas (FAO)0.65 kg0.63 kg28.20 kg17.69 kg43.04 kg
Asia0.44 kg2.10 kg4.53 kg15.51 kg9.98 kg
Asia (FAO)0.44 kg2.11 kg4.56 kg15.45 kg10.05 kg
Belgium-Luxembourg (FAO)
Caribbean (FAO)1.88 kg0.86 kg5.70 kg11.02 kg28.53 kg
Central America (FAO)0.53 kg0.68 kg13.59 kg14.63 kg31.06 kg
Central Asia (FAO)1.83 kg8.11 kg24.79 kg2.74 kg6.77 kg
China (FAO)0.83 kg3.38 kg5.31 kg39.61 kg13.25 kg
Eastern Africa (FAO)1.08 kg1.36 kg6.27 kg1.43 kg2.18 kg
Eastern Asia (FAO)0.86 kg3.09 kg5.95 kg37.57 kg13.67 kg
Eastern Europe (FAO)2.04 kg1.06 kg9.72 kg31.05 kg28.78 kg
Europe1.85 kg1.75 kg13.93 kg34.57 kg25.11 kg
Europe (FAO)1.86 kg1.75 kg14.01 kg34.72 kg25.23 kg
European Union (27)1.72 kg1.56 kg13.95 kg41.06 kg22.50 kg
European Union (27) (FAO)1.72 kg1.57 kg14.01 kg41.24 kg22.60 kg
High-income countries1.32 kg1.58 kg20.01 kg31.21 kg33.70 kg
Land Locked Developing Countries (FAO)1.31 kg4.00 kg10.61 kg2.15 kg4.27 kg
Least Developed Countries (FAO)0.95 kg2.24 kg4.27 kg2.22 kg4.27 kg
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (FAO)1.44 kg2.70 kg6.30 kg1.27 kg2.97 kg
Low-income countries1.46 kg2.81 kg3.69 kg1.33 kg2.44 kg
Lower-middle-income countries0.66 kg1.24 kg3.76 kg2.62 kg5.43 kg
Micronesia (FAO)0.31 kg0.05 kg3.58 kg12.74 kg19.95 kg
Middle Africa (FAO)2.26 kg2.17 kg4.69 kg2.47 kg4.33 kg
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (FAO)1.06 kg2.29 kg5.90 kg1.91 kg7.48 kg
North America0.74 kg0.61 kg26.94 kg21.64 kg44.90 kg
Northern Africa (FAO)1.58 kg4.39 kg8.33 kg0.01 kg12.66 kg
Northern America (FAO)0.73 kg0.55 kg35.61 kg26.20 kg53.42 kg
Northern Europe (FAO)1.22 kg3.47 kg18.64 kg27.73 kg28.91 kg
Oceania10.85 kg7.97 kg20.05 kg20.87 kg35.73 kg
Oceania (FAO)10.93 kg8.02 kg20.19 kg21.01 kg35.98 kg
Small Island Developing States (FAO)8.72 kg1.16 kg4.96 kg10.17 kg23.58 kg
South America0.53 kg0.66 kg30.04 kg12.26 kg40.59 kg
South America (FAO)0.52 kg0.66 kg29.76 kg12.14 kg40.21 kg
South-eastern Asia (FAO)0.12 kg0.53 kg3.75 kg11.36 kg13.67 kg
Southern Africa (FAO)1.45 kg3.10 kg16.31 kg3.88 kg33.46 kg
Southern Asia (FAO)0.13 kg1.22 kg2.31 kg0.22 kg4.12 kg
Southern Europe (FAO)1.71 kg2.11 kg14.25 kg42.20 kg22.45 kg
Upper-middle-income countries0.67 kg2.68 kg9.69 kg23.87 kg19.20 kg
Western Africa (FAO)1.86 kg2.36 kg2.62 kg1.35 kg2.92 kg
Western Asia (FAO)0.38 kg4.71 kg8.68 kg0.56 kg22.28 kg
Western Europe (FAO)2.05 kg1.61 kg17.85 kg38.23 kg20.02 kg
World0.84 kg1.95 kg8.81 kg15.17 kg15.24 kg

Data source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2024)Learn more about this data

Note: Data does not include fish and seafood. Figures show meat supply and do not correct for waste at the household level and, so they may not directly reflect the quantity of food consumedby a given individual.

Per capita meat consumption by type

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